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CVE-2016-2841

The ne2000_receive function in the NE2000 NIC emulation support (hw/net/ne2000.c) in QEMU before 2.5.1 allows local guest OS…

Medium6.0EPSS 0.39%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
redhat

Description

The ne2000_receive function in the NE2000 NIC emulation support (hw/net/ne2000.c) in QEMU before 2.5.1 allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via crafted values for the PSTART and PSTOP registers, involving ring buffer control.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2016-2841, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified3.0Medium6.0CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.39% · top 67% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.0.

Weakness

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